Thesaurus results for INCURSION

incursion

noun

in-ˈkər-zhən

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as in invasion

a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory there were incursions from the border every summer

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Recent Examples of incursion More than anything, there was just noise, ramped up further as Arsenal started on the front foot, forcing Sporting into early errors and making a couple of promising incursions into the box. —

Jack Lang, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 Ukrainian forces made a surprise incursion into Kursk in August 2024 in one of their biggest battlefield successes in the war. —

CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026 The rapid liberalization of the campus collided with President Richard Nixon’s incursion into Cambodia. —

Peter S. Canellos, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026 The disclosure is the latest of several cybersecurity incursions targeting public agencies in Los Angeles. —

Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for incursion

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In the mid-890s, Formosus supported King Arnulf, the leader of the Franks, in his invasion of Italy, then crowned Arnulf Roman Emperor—despite there already being a Roman Emperor.

— Jane Bua, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
There are also two arrests on his rap sheet for first-degree home invasion in Michigan.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026